What a fascinating, complicated image! It tells a nice story. Looks like the hanging anthers had shed their pollen long ago, and then, to avoid self-pollination, the erect female parts sprouted much later, and are receptive now, and it seems some of them have managed to capture pollen to fertilize those seeds._________________Lou Jost
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It would be interesting to do a time series. Maybe you can still find a flowering head somewhere that is still in its male state, with active, pollen-covered anthers. That would make a nice contrast with the female-state picture you posted._________________Lou Jost
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